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Gerarde says, if any of the branches be carelessly 

 broken off, and as negligently stuck into the ground, it 

 Avill take root and prosper, at whatever time of the year 

 it be done. 



The Oriental Bladder Senna, Colutea cruenta^ is not 

 more than half the height of the former , the flowers are 

 smaller, of a red colour, marked with yellow; they 

 blow in June. This was discovered in the Levant, by 

 Toumefort, and cultivated by Miller in 1731. 



Pococke's Colutea, Colutea Pococki^ is also from the 

 Levant — the seeds were first brought to England by 

 Dr. Pococke ; it was cultivated by Miller in 1752. The 

 height of this is similar to the last-mentioned shrub ; the 

 flowers are yellow, and appear a month earlier than 

 the other sorts; there is also a constant succession of 

 them till late in the autumn. 



These shrubs make a pretty variety among other 

 flowering shrubs, from the singular appearance of the 

 pods and flowers; but unless sheltered by other trees, 

 the branches are apt to be to torn, and disfigured by 

 the wind. 



